'Break the Chains 2015' community-based HIV prevention campaign for men who have sex with men in Switzerland: non-randomised evaluation and cost analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To study the implementation, effects and costs of Break the Chains, a community-based HIV prevention campaign for men who have sex with men (MSM) in Switzerland, from March to May 2015, which aimed to reduce early HIV transmission by promoting the campaign message to adopt short-term risk reduction followed by HIV testing.

Design

Non-randomised evaluation and cost analysis.

Setting

Gay venues in 11 of 26 cantons in Switzerland and national online media campaign.

Participants

MSM in online surveys (precampaign n=834, postcampaign n=688) or attending HIV testing centres (n=885); campaign managers (n=9); and campaign staff (n=38) or further intermediaries (n=80) in an online survey.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

The primary outcome measu

SUBMITTER: Frey K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7044933 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature